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Unemployment rate in Alvin

2010 – 2025 · 16 data points 9 of 31 · Towns of Houston Updated Oct 22, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2010 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2010 – 2025 percent · Alvin · Texas · United States · World
−0.2 pp since 2015
Alvin Texas United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Alvin
4.6%
Texas
4.2%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Alvin · 2010 – 2025
Latest value 4.6% · 2025
First value 9.0% · 2010
Highest 9.0% · 2010
Lowest 4.1% · 2019
Data points 16

By year

All years · 2010 – 2025

YearAlvinChange TexasUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.6% +0.1 pp 4.2% — 4.8%
2024 4.5% −0.2 pp 4.1% — 4.8%
2023 4.7% +0.2 pp 4.0% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 4.5% −2.5 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 7.0% −1.8 pp 5.6% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.8% +4.7 pp 7.7% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.1% −0.4 pp 3.5% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.5% −1.1 pp 3.9% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.6% ±0.0 pp 4.4% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.6% +0.8 pp 4.6% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.8% −0.5 pp 4.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.3% −1.3 pp 5.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.6% −0.6 pp 6.3% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.2% −1.7 pp 6.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 8.9% −0.1 pp 8.0% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.0% 8.3% 9.6% 6.3%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2010 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Houston

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Port Arthur 11.1%
2 Baytown 9.0%
3 La Porte 6.6%
4 Pasadena 6.6%
5 Beaumont 6.1%
6 Deer Park 6.0%
7 Lake Jackson 5.9%
8 Alvin 5.6%
9 Longview 5.3%
10 Galveston 4.9%
11 Paris 4.9%
12 Texarkana 4.9%
13 Houston 4.8%
14 Lufkin 4.8%
15 Rosenberg 4.5%
16 Friendswood 4.3%
17 Conroe 4.2%
18 Corsicana 4.2%
19 Nacogdoches 4.2%
20 Greenville 4.1%
21 Tyler 4.1%
22 Forney 4.0%
23 Sugar Land 4.0%
24 Huntsville 3.9%
25 Pearland 3.8%
26 Bryan 3.5%
27 College Station 3.3%
28 Rockwall 3.3%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.